Oh, born in the year 1961. I thought you said you were born in the cat 1961!

In 1993, Laurie convinced Joe to audition for the Minnesota Vikings as their new mascot. Through the support of friends, family and the students at Minnetonka, Joe overwhelmingly won the hearts of the Minnesota Viking fans and got the job. His first game was in August of 1994, when the Minnesota Vikings beat the Kansas City Chiefs. Since then Ragnar has been entertaining the crowds, young and old alike.

Somewhere along the line, Joe became Ragnar. He seemed to find it increasingly difficult to separate the prayer meetings from the rehab sessions. Did it even matter anymore?, he would catch himself thinking. It doesn't matter. No one will notice.

Dunno how I ended up reading this, or why it annoys me, but on his home page the Vikings mascot claims, "He is the only "human" mascot in professional sports, and is the most widely recognized mascot in the world."